Whereas Americans Have the Proverb "The Squeaky Wheel Gets the Grease

Multiple Choice

Whereas Americans have the proverb "The squeaky wheel gets the grease," Japanese have a proverb that states, "The nail that stands out gets pounded down." These two different proverbs mirror social-psychological research that has demonstrated that people in Asian cultures __________.

A) are more authoritarian than Americans
B) are more likely to defer to authority than are Americans
C) have a more interdependent concept of self than do Americans
D) do not hold differentiated self-concepts